View full sizeThe 15th Street Lofts were designed by Christopher Architects and the project is slated to be completed in June 2015. (contributed)

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – A new 11-unit, $1.8 million apartment project is slated near UAB on Birmingham's Southside.

Chris Reebals, president of Christopher Architects, designed 15th Street Lofts and won design approval from the Birmingham Design Review Committee Wednesday.

"The building is going to be constructed to have the feel of a warehouse loft," he said. "The floors will be poured and stained concrete. The ceilings will be exposed steel. The windows are large storefront glass. It will have an industrial feel on the inside."

View full sizeThe site plans shows the courtyard and parking plan for 15th Street Lofts. (contributed)

Reebals said the exterior brick will be reclaimed from a cotton mill razed in Mobile.

Because of the change in elevation on the site at 1228 15th St. South, the apartment building will have three stories on the front and increase to four stories in the back. The development is next to Phelan Park just south of the UAB campus.

Reebals is also partner in the development team, WSR1 LLC. He said plans are to have construction completed in June 2015.

Birmingham's Stidco Construction will be the general contractor on the project.